@article{ref1,
title="Benefits of spirituality and/or religiosity in patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: an integrative review",
journal="Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem",
year="2019",
author="Bravin, Ariane Moysés and Trettene, Armando dos Santos and Andrade, Luis Gustavo Modelli de and Popim, Regina Célia",
volume="72",
number="2",
pages="541-551",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: Identify and analyze existing evidence regarding the benefits of spirituality and / or religiosity in patients with Chronic Kidney Disease. <br><br>METHOD: Integrative review carried out through consultation of databases: Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences, Scientific Electronic Library Online, US National Library of Medicine and Scopus. The following descriptors were used: chronic kidney disease, spirituality and religion. Primary articles published by December 2017 were included. <br><br>RESULTS: Twenty-six articles were selected, from which four thematic categories emerged: benefits as a modality of coping, perception of quality of life, mental health and improvement of renal function after transplantation. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Benefits included those related to situational coping modalities, such as the strengthening of hope, social support and coping with pain; those related to mental health, such as the lower risk of suicide and fewer depressive symptoms; improvement in the perception of quality of life and in renal function after transplantation.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0034-7167",
doi="10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0051",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0051"
}